#derek abernathy

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Ollie: Oh for the love of.. Of course it works on you both, Derek is in a way bonded to Toshi, the heartlight opens for it. And I thought you were the smart one! Yanni: Ehm… You keep a sentient being as your housecat?  Ollie: No, of course they don’t. I chose to stay with Derek long ago, I quite enjoy this world's cat-life. Yanni: Oh.. ehm.. Is petting still okay? Ollie: Of course, it's one of many perks, that and Toshi’s cooking. 

Derek put an arm around Toshi, who looked like he was going to faint, staring at Ollie, having much like Yanni had no idea that Ollie was anything but a cat.

Ollie: It’s simple though, Derek’s race has sort of a heartlight, just more of a soul bonding. But when that is introduced to the heartlight of your race, the bond opens up, allowing for what you are seeing here. Toshi: I think I need to sit down… Ollie: It most certainly looks like it.

Toshi sighed as he was lifted by Yanni, and gently put back on the sofa, Derek standing there looking shocked, while Toshi found himself with Ollie on his lap, which right now did not quite calm him down like normal. Finally Derek seemed to snap out of it, sitting himself on one side of Toishi, while Yanni sat down on the other side.

Derek: I met Ollie on a planet fairly early on. At first we thought no one lived there, as there were no real signs of any settlements, and yes, this was before I met Yanni. Then we saw dogs and cats, and we started to wonder if perhaps the people of the world were just very good at keeping themselves hidden.

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Toshi: If my dad knew this.. Yanni: Your dad?

They had never heard Toshi mention their dad before. Two sisters that they knew they would have to face and be accepted by, and a mom. The feeling they suddenly sat with though was one of a little anger, but mostly fear. 

Toshi: Yeah, he was never happy with my life choices.. I doubt this one will be any different. 

Yanni tilted their head, their eyes meeting Derek, who just shook his head gently, to indicate he had never met the man, but what little Toshi’s sisters had told him made him pretty sure that Toshi was better off without that man in his life. 

Yanni: Your sisters though? Toshi: As long as I’m happy, they're happy. Yanni: I’ll keep that in mind. 

They chuckle, watching as Toshi slowly falls asleep, they could easily feel just how tired he was, and it did worry him slightly. It also told them how much this had meant to him, and how much he had probably worried when he had been away. 

Derek: Want the honors? Yanni just chuckled, picking up the now sleeping Toshi into his arms. Yanni: Seems the safer option Mr. bumblefoot. Derek: Ey! Yanni: It’s the simple truth, you know it. 

They winked at Derek, heading up to the bedroom, gently easing the sleeping one to the bed. They would have a lot to work through from now on, a lot of new things to learn. They gently touched Toshi’s chest, where the scar was, the heart singing and smiled gently. Two for Toshi, one for them and one for Derek. It felt right. They were four hearts now, like it should be.

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They looked at Derek, unsure if this was a good idea or not, but this was their chance, to at least ask him, to come clean. 

Yanni: I know it's not the right moment, and I don’t want to sound rude, or insensitive… but you can only love one soul at the time... I was thinking, or maybe hoping... now that someone could be me?

They watched Derek who watched him with a surprised look on his face, Yanni quietly hoping it was not a bad way of being surprised, and that perhaps their friend would be willing to try, or at least think about it. 

Derek: I still love Toshi.. 

It was like a realization hit Derek like a ton of bricks. If he was still in love with Toshi, that meant that he was still alive. He turned to Yanni, completely forgetting what his friend had just asked of him. 

Derek: Toshi is alive, Yanni..ALIVE!

He was out the door before Yanni could even answer them, and although he was very happy to realize Toshi was alive, they couldn’t help but feel sadness, that their feelings had been forgotten, and their question had been left hanging. Sighing, they followed the sound of loud voices, realizing it was Derek discussing something very loudly with John.

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Yanni had been keeping him company most every day whenever they weren’t doing other things, and he had to admit he didn’t mind. It stopped his mind from replaying it over and over and over again. Yanni on his end sat down, looking over at Derek, noticing the look on his face, it was the one he had more and more, the look of someone really not wanting life anymore. The last few days helping Catherine though had them wonder if they were being held under an illusion, but they had no way to prove it. The thing that had started him wondering was the latest feed from the drone, before it was retrieved. It showed a lush green forest, no fire, no damage, no destruction. Yet when they sent a person in, with a suit, they came back with the description of a place burned, still warm and a volcano still active. 

Yanni: So..? Derek: He said no. Yanni: Hmh…

They were quiet for a while, Derek had asked if they were allowed to go back, to search, to see what they could find out, but the answer had been no. Part of him understood the no, part of him wanted to go. Sighing, he put his face in his hands. He had lost so much already, his wife, his kids, his planet.. Now he has lost Toshi. It had him wonder how stupid he could be, to bring the person he loved with him to dangerous places, without thinking about what could happen.

Yanni: So.. a penny for your thoughts? Derek: For supposedly being such a smart person, I do many stupid things. 

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Yanni: Another nightmare? Derek: Yes.. they are still as vivid as if I was there. Yanni: I know. Derek: You too? Yanni: Yes, every time I close my eyes, it just starts.. Derek: The odd part… Yanni: You don’t dream. Derek. Yes.. 

Derk was surprised by what Yanni said, he didn’t sleep, he knew that much. Derek himself didn’t need to, but it had simply become something he did after being around humans for so long. He could of course just not, without really getting tired as Yanni and the others knew. What was weird, was the dreams, it was not something he ever did, but after the events, it was every time. In a way, he kept sleeping to see if he could find something, a clue, something that could explain it, but nothing.

Yanni: It is like it lingers on the skin too. Derek: Yeah.

They looked at each other, both sighing. Derek had already had both Toshi's sister shout at him, scream, and then cry when he delivered the news that Toshi had was missing in action, he couldn’t say killed, because they had no body, so by military standards he was missing in action, but he knew what they saw, he could still hear the screams every night and he could feel the flames on his skin.

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Toshi just stared at them, as his mind tried to digest all the information it had been given, the simple fact that he had been telling so many things to someone he thought was just a cat, and here he was, sitting between 3 aliens all trying to tell him things were going to be okay. 

Ollie: I’m sorry, this is a bit much isn’t it? Toshi: Yeah…

He automatically leant against Derek, taking Yanni’s hand in his, smiling at them a little before shaking his head. 

Toshi: I’ll get over it, but.. You will stay, right Yanni. No breaking the heartlight and so on. Yanni: I’ll stay, if you are sure? Derek: We are, it will take us time to well.. Get an understanding of all this, but we want you here with us. Toshi: I was about to say we are quite the strange trio… -he chuckled. - Then I realized that would be wrong, we are a quartet, not a trio. 

He could hear Yanni chuckle, noticing the look Ollie would give him. A look he had seen so many times before, when he thought that he was just a cat. It was another thing he and at least one more would have to get used to. 

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He chuckled slightly, letting his hand gently stroke Toshi’s back, as he is still a little worried the boy is about to faint on him. 

Derek: We looked for days and I am pretty sure we would have gone empty handed home if it wasn’t for Sergei managing to get himself hurt, and hurt pretty badly, it was only then that well, Ollie here decided to show us just how dumb we were.

He went on to tell them that the towns they had been searching for were in the air, cloaked from vision, radar or anything else they had with them. They also learned that both the dogs and the cats of the world were the inhabitants they had been searching for. Two different races that had long ago learned that working together was much easier than each of them going to their own.

Derek: While they helped Sergei, we got the tour, and we told them about where we came from. To my surprise Ollie knew of my kind, and what had happened to my planet, and I guess after all my bragging about earth, he asked to come. At first he did the travel between portals thing, but as he got older, he stayed home more.

Ollie: Oi! I am not that old. Derek: You are older than me, and it was your choice. Ollie: True, I do still help, just more from here.

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Toshi: You can feel what I feel, you know it to be true.

Yanni knew they were right, he could easily feel that Toshi was being truthful, but it was still more complicated. They looked over at Derek, noticing the confused look that they had noticed on his friends more and more since the whole ordeal. They were snapped out of their thoughts as he felt Toshi take his hand, he felt tired still, even with their heart there healing him. At the same time he found his other hand taken by Derek. Toshi: We want you to stay here with us. Also.. I have to ask this, can this heartlight connection thing, can it affect more than one? I know it shouldn’t be possible, but I am fairly sure Derek feels things for you as well. Yanni. You're not joking? Toshi: About what? Yanni: Both? Toshi: No… They stand there for a while, before the awkward silence is broken by someone that at least two of them didn’t expect to join in. 

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